Archive for October, 2013

Mr. Obama, I’m Not a “Substandard” Father

Thursday, October 31st, 2013

I don’t hate Barack Obama. I wish the man no ill will and, honestly, I originally liked ObamaCare’s high-level concepts. Ensuring that everyone gets some basic level of healthcare is A-OK by me, and I have gone on record stating that I am OK paying a little more to ensure that happens. I also like […]

ObamaCare’s New Normal: The Healthy Self-Employed Now Pay For Their Sick Neighbors

Wednesday, October 30th, 2013

Finally the national discussion is beginning to address the big three-and-a-half year old elephant in the room regarding ObamaCare: many (most?) people with individual health care/insurance plans will lose these plans in 2014. Note, for clarity: I’m not saying that we’ll lose access to coverage. We’ll simply lose the plans we have now and be forced […]

Kenwood Dennard with Phish: The Beat of a Different Drummer Isn’t Always a Good Thing

Monday, October 28th, 2013

Let’s get this part out of the way: Kenwood Dennard is an amazing drummer by anyone’s standards, and he’s one of my favorites. “Drummer” doesn’t even begin to cover it… he’s an amazing musician.  His list of credentials speaks for itself, but don’t bother reading it. Just spend three minutes watching this guy play the […]

Geeks and Sonos, The Windows v. Mac Problem All Over Again

Tuesday, October 15th, 2013

It’s interesting how misunderstood Sonos is by us geeks. I say “us” because I was firmly in this “Sonos doesn’t make sense to me” camp right up until the day I wasn’t. Kind of like how some computer geeks used to be (and some still are) about the Mac. “It’s too easy.” “It looks cheap […]

Internet Advertising Will Suffer the Click of Death

Tuesday, October 1st, 2013

A friend of mine recently pointed me to this Salon article which cites the CEO of the company behind AdBlock Plus as saying that they’re going to start charging advertisers to not  have their ads blocked. His reason is simple: 80% of AdBlock Plus’s users aren’t against all advertising… they’re just against the irrelevant junk […]